Re: PFS--->iMac or ibm or mac

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

Afraid not. Imation says in their product specs."SuperDisk 
drives do not support 800 KB Mac format 2DD diskettes" Doesn't 
matter what the OS supports, if the hardware doen't. 

     Wayne

Charles J. Sarchet wrote:
> 
> You were misinformed.  I move 800K disk between my MAC and my GS all the
> time.  However, if you are using file sharing on the Mac, it will tell you
> that you can not use ProDos disks while file sharing is on.
> 
> If you put an 3.5" 2DD disk in the MAC and choose to Erase Disk under the
> Special Menu, it should allow you to format it as either a Macintosh 800K,
> DOS 720K, or a ProDOS 800K.  If you put a 3.5" HD disk in the MAC it will
> let you format it as a Macintosh 1.4 MB, DOS 1.4 MB, or a ProDOS 1.4 MB.
> (Yes, I know it is 1.44 MB, but that is what it says on the screen).
> 
> I am using MacOS 8.0, and the iMac, depending on when you bought it should
> have come with 8.1 or 8.5, so I would assume that it would work.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> Wayne Stewart wrote in message <36BDF5C5.E7D@intergate.bc.ca>...
> >I may have been misinformed but I was told they can't use 800K
> >disks at all.
> >
> >
> >    Wayne